Perseverance In Middle School

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Perseverance A person’s morals are an important part of their character, who they are. It describes what type of person you are, and growing up, your morals can help you in your daily life. Middle school is a time in life where your ethics start to matter. Perseverance is a strong virtue which can benefit you in sixth grade and beyond. This virtue can help you with problems involving family or friends, working as a team effectively, and overcoming challenges at school, such as new skills or harder concepts. Perseverance is a paramount asset and is the most effective to a sixth-grader.

Even the best of friends and family have arguments. Whether it's bickering with your sister, or scuffle with your best friend, we use perseverance to work out our problems and patch things up. For instance, when two brothers are “fighting over the last slice of pizza”, they would need to compromise on who would get the pizza, causing them
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There’s also a big change in academics, and even when it gets tough, perseverance can help students learn easily and become more efficient in school. If a student is trying to learn their multiplication tables, they could use perseverance and try really hard to master their tables. By working every day, and not giving up even when it gets hard, they can achieve their goal more easily. When things get hard at school, perseverance can help you achieve your goals as easy as pie!

Perseverance is a moral we can all use. Whether it's in academics, friendship,or team projects, all sixth-graders use perseverance in their lives to get the best out of all their programs Even though we use the other virtues some days, none are needed as much as perseverance in a middle schooler's life. When you work hard for something, you accomplish a little step in your life. Every step you take will lead to your dream. You just need to work hard for

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